Structure connection disposition
The structure connection disposition attribute indicates how the
connection is handled in the event of abnormal disconnects from the
structure.
- DELETE
- Indicates that if a VTAM® node fails or is forced to disconnect because of some type of failure, the node's connection definition is removed.
- KEEP
- Indicates that if a VTAM node fails or is forced to disconnect because of some type of failure, the node's connection remains defined but is in a failed-persistent state. Failed-persistent state indicates that if a VTAM node fails or is forced to disconnect because of some type of failure, the node's connection remains defined but is in a failed-persistent state. The failed-persistent state also indicates that recoverable data is located in the coupling facility structure.
Note: A network operator might see VTAM in
a failed-persistent state because of a VTAM failure
or because VTAM disconnects
from the coupling facility. To ensure that data needed to recover
is available, the operator should not issue the MVS™ SETXCF FORCE command.